Issue with double standards with Se and defining between dps and support.

[Judge_Xero]

because of how duty finder works, this party comp is generally never going to happen.

But it could and it's not fair, that in that particular circumstance BRD/MCH would be at a disadvantage. Completely game-breaking balance. (end sarcasm)

(MCH kind of does; I vote Hypercharge works on all damage types)

You are pretty much dead on with that. By looking at a lot of battle logs comparing BRD/MCH in the cases where BRD has a higher advantage it would most definitely be offset by the Bishop Turret offering an increase to Melee damage as well, as well with the Rook Turret being able to transfer the debuff to multiple separate mobs having a "General" debuff through hypercharge would definitely be the best approach to balance.

Drg or no Drg, if a Bard doesn't have to use there songs that incur the penalties, they still have to operate with the gap in weapon dmg.

Where does this keep coming from? That because BRD/MCH has lower weapon damage therefore they have lower damage?

Do Melee have lower damage than magic users because Magic Damage is higher than Physical Damage? It's just a method to control damage scaling with gear and based on the job play style. If BRD/MCH Physical Damage matched Melee Physical Damage then they would put out so much more damage than Melee could and would almost match SMN in AOE potential.